Shade-roller fixture



(No Model.)

B. 0. E-Y'L. SHADE ROLLER FIXTURE. No. 597,354; 4 Patented Jan, 11, 1898.

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UNITED STATES EMIL C. EYL, OF HELENA, MONTANA.

SHADE-ROLLER FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,354, dated January 11, 1898. Application filed February 20, 1897. 'Serial No. 624,289. (No model.)

To all whont zit Duty concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL O. EYL, a citizen of the Uni ted States, residing at Helena, in the county of Lewis and Clarke and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade-Roller Fixtures; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in window-shades and mechanism for supporting and actuating the same, and has for its object the production of a simple, durable, and efficient device by means of which a curtain-roller may be actuated for the purpose of adjusting the shade to any height required without the necessity for the employment of springs or other mechanism liable to be easily disarranged.

,In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is an elevation of a window-casing provided with my device. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the slotted roller-bracket. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the opposite roller-bracket and the upper gearcasing, and Fig. a is a similar view of the lower gear-casing.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, 1 indicates a window-casing, and 2 the shaderoller, provided with terminal trunnions 3, designed to be supported within the slotted bracket 4: at one side of the casing, and an apertured curtain-bracket 5 at the opposite side of the casing. The bracket 5 preferably depends from one end of what I will term the upper gear-casing 6, consisting of a rectangular frame having its front side and its end nearest the roller open and provided in its top and bottom plates with bearing-apertures 7, designed for the reception of the shaft 8, journaled at its opposite extremity within the lower gear-casing 9, as illustrated. The extremity of the roller adjacent to the bracket 6 is provided with a beveled gear 10, designed to be engaged by a comparatively large horizontal beveled gear 11, keyed upon the shaft 8 within the casing 6, and 12 indicates a comparatively small beveled gear, likewise keyed to the shaft 8 within the casing 9 adjacent to its bottom and designed to mesh with the comparatively large driving-gear 13, carried upon the horizontal shaft 14, journaled in the front and back plates of the casing 9 to one side of the shaft 8, a bearing-flange 15 being preferably formed from the front walls of the easing 9 and constituting a bearing for the shaft 8 immediately above the gear 12.

16 indicates an actuating-button carried by the extremity of the shaft 1a in front of the lower casing 9 and by means of which the gear 13 is caused to rotate the shaft 8 through the gear 12 and to cause the rotation of the shade-roller by reason of the connection between the gears 10 and 11. The various brackets are provided with securing-fins 17, provided with apertures for the reception of securing-screws in a manner well understood in the art.

From the foregoing it is obvious that by the rotation of the actuating-button 16 the curtain-roller may be rotated in either direction to cause the shade to be raised or lowered to the proper position, although it is evident that in order to lower the curtain it will simply be necessary to grasp its lower edge and pull it downward to the desired position.

I do not desire to limit myself to the details of construction herein shown and described,

but reserve to myself the right to change,

modify, or vary such details within the scope of my invention, and it is obvious that the various parts of the device may be ornamented or may be composed of any suitable material designed to reduce the cost of manufacturing to a minimum or to present the most ornamental appearance possible.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a device of the character described, the combination with a curtain-roller provided with trunnions, of an open-ended casing provided at its open end with a depending curtain-bracket designed to receive one of the rollertrunnions, a shaft passing entirely through the said casing and journaled in the top and bottom walls thereof, a gear-wheel upon the extremity of the roller adjacent to the depending curtain-bracket, a second gearwheel mounted upon the shaft within the oasing and projecting through its open end for the purpose of meshing with the gear upon the roller, a lower gear-casing below the firstnamed casing and constituting a bearing for the shaft, a gear-Wheel upon the extremity of the shaft within the lower gear-casing, a second shaft journaled in the lower gear-casing to one side of the first-named shaft, a gear-wheel carried upon said second shaft meshing with the gear-Wheel upon the first named shaft and extending through a slot to the side of the casing, and actuating mechanism carried by the second shaft upon the ex- 10 terior of the casing, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EM IL O. EYL.

WVitnesses:

R. J. JoHANNEs, CHAS. W. SEYD. 

